Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yeah, really up in the air.
All of the sudden permanent retirement leaves at AA might actually cause a sudden, rapid drop in flow times in a few years if everything snaps back in a hurry. Or there might be BK filings or worse.
And excargodog is correct... my company actually negotiated a higher first-year pay than what the union wanted, to make their recruiting easier.
AA retirements won't make the flow any faster. Once the flow reaches the cap, all the extra seats in a new hire class will be filled by more OTS hires.
For the flow, it is better AA hire a steady 1000 per year for 6 years instead of 1500 for 4 years then pause 2 years. The flow needs to be steady month to month, every month. Every hiring pause because training got backed up or some other reason only adds time to the flow. Outside attrition is the only thing that speeds it up.